At 54 years old, Darren Wallace is in his second semester of law school at the University of North Texas at Dallas.

A report found up to 70% of guard positions were unfilled at some prisons. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has a 26% ...

Texas prisons were so short-staffed in 2023, the state had to shuttle correctional officers to far-flung facilities where ...

John Henry Ramirez took the life of Pablo Castro. A new documentary tells the story of how his victim’s son, and his own, ...

But Collier added the Texas corrections system also had created its own hiring obstacles. In the 1990s, when the state’s prison population was climbing rapidly, the agency went on a building spree.

Even before COVID, prisons across the country were struggling to fill open positions. However, agencies like the BOP have ...

Inmate artist Brian Estes has been using his talent to create vibrant murals at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's ...

An earlier subpoena ended up delaying Roberson's Oct. 17 execution, which was tied to a diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome.

The mix-ups and long delays that followed the switch to Securus' digital mail center have been more egregious for some ...

AUSTIN — The Texas Attorney General's Office has filed a motion to prevent death row inmate Robert Roberson from testifying at a House committee hearing on Friday. The motion follows a new ...